<samba:parameter name="server max protocol" context="G" type="enum" developer="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para>The value of the parameter (a string) is the highest protocol level that will be supported by the server.</para> <para>Possible values are :</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><constant>CORE</constant>: Earliest version. No concept of user names.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><constant>COREPLUS</constant>: Slight improvements on CORE for efficiency.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><constant>LANMAN1</constant>: First <emphasis>modern</emphasis> version of the protocol. Long filename support.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><constant>LANMAN2</constant>: Updates to Lanman1 protocol.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><constant>NT1</constant>: Current up to date version of the protocol. Used by Windows NT. Known as CIFS.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><constant>SMB2</constant>: Re-implementation of the SMB protocol. Used by Windows Vista and later versions of Windows. SMB2 has sub protocols available.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><constant>SMB2_02</constant>: The earliest SMB2 version.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><constant>SMB2_10</constant>: Windows 7 SMB2 version.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><constant>SMB2_22</constant>: Early Windows 8 SMB2 version.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><constant>SMB2_24</constant>: Windows 8 beta SMB2 version.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>By default SMB2 selects the SMB2_10 variant.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><constant>SMB3</constant>: The same as SMB2. Used by Windows 8. SMB3 has sub protocols available.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><constant>SMB3_00</constant>: Windows 8 SMB3 version. (mostly the same as SMB2_24)</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>By default SMB3 selects the SMB3_00 variant.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Normally this option should not be set as the automatic negotiation phase in the SMB protocol takes care of choosing the appropriate protocol.</para> </description> <related>server min protocol</related> <synonym>max protocol</synonym> <synonym>protocol</synonym> <value type="default">SMB3</value> <value type="example">LANMAN1</value> </samba:parameter>